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Custom Logic Turns Kinect Into A Complex Motion Controlled Instrument

New Zealand design company Custom Logic’s details the challenges of building an ambitious motion-controlled Kinect instrument.

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Microsoft Lauches Rolling Startup Incubator ‘Bing Fund’

Microsoft’s newest Bing incubator program surfaced today with the launch of Bing Fund. The new angel investment fund will be a rolling incubator program for startups focusing on either mobile or web experiences.

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Microsoft Translator Hub Will Save Languages From Extinction

This week Microsoft announced a new language translation hub that will enable users to create entirely customizable translation engines, providing a much-needed resource for preserving languages in danger of extinction.

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Hardware That Translates Sign Language Into Speech Wins International Imagine Cup

The long road to the Imagine Cup 2012 finals ended this week in Sydney, Australia. The 10th annual international competition saw entrants from over 75 different countries, all vying for first place in the software and game design competitions.

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Art School Student Spends Three Days Rebranding Microsoft

In a three day experiment, graphic designer Andrew Kim flipped Microsoft’s branding on its head, turning the company’s play-it-safe image into a campaign that could give Apple a run for its money.

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Microsoft Turns Culprits In March Zbot Attack Over To FBI

Following the Zeus (Zbot) cyber attacks earlier this year, Microsoft has identified and turned over the names of two suspects to the FBI this week.

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Microsoft Local Impact Map Enable Nonprofits To Tell A Visual Story

The new service, called Microsoft Local Impact Map, allows nonprofit organizations to display their efforts from around the world in a customizable interface that incorporates text, pictures, and videos.

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Kinect-Enabled Grocery Cart: Hitting A Store Near You?

Currently under development, the kinect-enabled grocery cart follows shoppers around the store and detects what items are placed in the cart and matches them to a pre-made shopping list.

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Microsoft Research Developing Accurate GPS-Like Navigation For Indoor Spaces

Researchers at Microsoft are developing a new system that will provide highly accurate GPS-like mapping indoor environments.

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Breaking News: Microsoft Announces Yammer Acquisition For $1.2B

After weeks of rumors, Microsoft just confirmed it is acquiring the enterprise social network Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash.

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